Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Alexandria). They blew past the Florien Blackcats 19-3 on Friday. The win was familiar territory for the Trojans, who have now won four contests in a row.
Lauren Bonnette spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and two unearned) runs on nine hits. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in strikeouts (five).
Sarah Grace Buckels
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At the plate, Alexandria let Mary Claire Brinkman and Sarah Grace Buckels run wild. Brinkman got on base in five of her six plate appearances with four runs, two stolen bases, and four RBI, while Buckels scored three runs and stole Two bases. while going 6-for-6. The dominant performance gave Buckels a new career-high in hits. Acy Ponthier was another key player, getting on base in four of her five plate appearances with four RBI and one run.
They weren't the only ones working in the hit department: Alexandria kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 17 hits. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their hit total in three consecutive matches.
Alexandria's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-2. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Florien, they are on a five-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-4.
Alexandria has already played their next game (against Catholic - N.I.), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Florien also has no score uploaded for their next contest, this one against Jena.
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